2023年6月英语六级听力真题 卷一 短文2

Passage 2

短文2

Even before Colorado was a state, it had post offices. The first opened in 1859 in a settlement founded by migrants searching for gold.

甚至在科罗拉多成为一个州之前，它就有邮局。第一个定居点于1859年在一个由寻找黄金的移民建立的定居点开放。

Life could be unpredictable at West—gold failed to appear, drought ruined farmers and settlers clashed with Native Americans.

西方的生活可能是不可预测的--黄金没有出现，干旱毁坏的农民和定居者与美洲原住民发生冲突。

On the settlement's location, now stands a sprawling university campus. Amid all the changes, one feature remained constant—the postal service.

在定居点的位置上，现在矗立着一个庞大的大学校园。在所有这些变化中，一个不变的特点是邮政服务。

The maps tracing America's westward expansion are telling.

追踪美国西部扩张的地图正在说明问题。

In 1864, there were few postal branches on land controlled by Native Americans, which still accounted for most of the West.

1864年，在美洲土著人控制的土地上，很少有邮政分支机构，这些地方仍然占了西部大部分地区。

Over the next 25 years, post offices grew quickly. Colonization of the West could be regarded as a result of big government rather than pioneers.

在接下来的25年里，邮局发展迅速。西方的殖民可以看作是大政府而不是先驱者的结果。

As federal subsidies and land grants tempted people into the deserts and plains, the post kept them connected.

由于联邦补贴和土地补助将人们吸引到沙漠和平原，这一职位使他们保持了联系。

In the mid- 19th century, the post office department was far from a centralized bureaucracy.

19世纪中期，邮局部门远不是一个中央集权的官僚机构。

To keep up with migration patterns, postal services were added to existing businesses.

为了跟上迁移模式，在现有业务中增加了邮政服务。

The federal government commissioned private wagons to carry the mail. Short-term contracts were granted to local businessmen to act as postmasters.

联邦政府委托私人马车运送邮件。短期合同授予当地商人担任邮政局长.

These partnerships enabled the mail to quickly follow migrants, helping knit together remote parts of the country.

这些伙伴关系使邮件能够迅速跟踪移民，帮助将该国偏远地区联系在一起。

Mr. Blevins, a digital historian, wrote a book on the history of the US postal service, he used data science to analyze historical trends.

Blevins先生是一位数字历史学家，他写了一本关于美国邮政史的书，他用数据科学来分析历史趋势。

Most strikingly, he built an accompanying website, complete with interactive maps.

最引人注目的是，他建立了一个附带的网站，完整的交互式地图。

They show readers how, within a generation, the postal service helped colonize a continent.

他们向读者展示了，在一代人的时间里，邮政服务是如何帮助一个大陆殖民的。

These online interactive maps illustrate the formative power of snail mail.

这些在线互动地图展示了蜗牛邮件的形成能力。

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

问题12至15是基于你刚才听到的一段话。

12.What does the passage say about Colorado before it became a state?

12.在科罗拉多成为一个州之前，这篇文章是怎么说的？

13. How did the postal service contribute to America's westward expansion?

13.邮政服务对美国向西扩展有何贡献？

14. What did the federal government do to meet the increasing demand for the postal service in the West?

14.联邦政府采取了哪些措施来满足西方日益增长的邮政服务需求？

15. What did Mr. Blevins do to study the history of the US postal service?

15.Blevins先生做了些什么来研究美国邮政的历史？

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